Middle Eastern Food Recipes

This salad is a winner. Fresh, unique and like many middle eastern food – simple. It’s my wife’s favorite salad and it is very hard to stop eating it. With...

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Bulgur with Chickpeas

Cooking Time: 50 Minutes

Side Dish

I don’t know if this recipe has an official name, but since the first time I threw this together it has become a staple at home and friends keep asking...

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Pita Bread & Za’atar Manakeesh

Cooking Time: 1 Hour & 15 Minutes

Bread & Pita

Pita (or flat bread/pita pocket) is a traditional middle eastern bread and a big part of the mediterranean cuisine. Many know it as the other half of a Hummus plate...

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Black Eyed Peas Salad

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Salads

Once again, my Jewish-Iraqi origin plays a major role in this recipe. Blacked eyed peas, or “Lubia” as I know them, are the closest thing...

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Ba’ba Ta’mar (Date Filled Pastry)

Desserts & Sweets

This pastry is a part of my childhood. Usually made for Purim (a Jewish holiday) by Jewish Iraqis. My grandmother made these date-filled pastries occasionally: she prepared the dough, the...

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Stuffed Onions with Rice and Lamb in Pomegranate Juice

Cooking Time: 3 Hour & 45 Minutes

Main Dishes

I’ve recreated this dish from a sweet memory of a meal I first ate 15 years ago. It’s of Syrian origins, made by a friend’s mom who makes, in my...

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Tahini Butter Cookies

Cooking Time: 25 Minutes

Desserts & Sweets

These cookies are super easy to make and very rewarding. You simply mix the ingredients at the same time and shape the dough into cookies...

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Fattoush Salad

Cooking Time: 30 Minutes

Salads

This salad is a winner. Fresh, unique and like many middle eastern food – simple. It’s my wife’s favorite salad and it is very hard to stop eating it. With...

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Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini

Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Salads

Some dishes are so tasty that you won’t believe how easy they are to make. This Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini recipe is on one of those dishes. With an extra...

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Multipurpose Dough

Cooking Time: 1 Hour & 15 Minutes

Bread & Pita

Since wheat originated from this region and is being harvested here for over 10,000 years it’s no wonder that bread, and in my region Pita...

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Basmati Rice With Dill

Cooking Time: 25 Minutes

Side Dish

In this easy rice recipe, we will first make the rice in its most simple form, and then, while the rice is still hot, we’ll add the chopped dill and...

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Turkish Red Lentil Soup

Cooking Time: 1 Hour & 15 Minutes

Quick to make, cheap, and filling this Turkish lentil soup is a great starter! With a nice piece of toasted bread on the side it can be a great lunch...

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Tabouli Salad

Cooking Time: 15 Minutes

Simple, delicious, and surprising. A recipe for a fresh Tabula salad. This Tabula salad adds freshness and color to any meal. It works great as...

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Za’attar Herb Potatoes

Cooking Time: 55 Minutes

Side Dish

Za’atar is a common plant that grows in many parts of the middle east. It looks like oregano but tastes different. It is the predominant component in the famous za’atar...

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Bulgur with Chickpeas

Cooking Time: 50 Minutes

Side Dish

I don’t know if this recipe has an official name, but since the first time I threw this together it has become a staple at home and friends keep asking...

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